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All five major AI labs will be worth trillions of dollars

Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#240 "NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse" · source

Prior probability
60.0%
Current probability
45.3%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
A
Resolution
pending
Window
2026-04-30 – 2028-09-30
Edges in / out
11 / 5
Tickers exposed
37

Prediction text

All five major AI labs will be worth trillions of dollars | All of all five of the major labs are going to be worth trillions and trillions of dollars.

Verbatim quote

From episode "NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse"
All of all five of the major labs are going to be worth trillions and trillions of dollars.

Resolution evidence

Status: pending

All 5 major labs at $1T+. Currently: OpenAI $852B, xAI-SpaceX $1.25T, Anthropic $380B, Google (via Alphabet $3T+ but DeepMind sub-entity), Meta sub-entity. Directionally tracking.

Predictor: Dave Blundin

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.821
Brier
0.0491
excellent
Hits / Misses
3 / 2
of 9 resolved
Hit rate
33.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Dave Blundin is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class

Not linked

This node isn't linked to a reference class. The Bayesian update applies without outside-view blending.

Probability over time

5 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 60%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-17
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 45.3%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 5 fired ✓ · 4 pending
  1. 2026-04-29hitAnthropic crosses $1T valuation in primary or active secondary market
    How: Anthropic equity trades at >=$1T implied valuation on Forge/EquityZen secondary or in announced primary round (Series H or later)
    Source: https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/04/anthropic-surpasses-openai-one-trillion-valuation.html — Anthropic surpasses OpenAI at $1T secondary-market valuationconf 95%
    Notes: HIT — Anthropic at $1T secondary as of late April 2026; primary round target $900B per CNBC.
  2. 2026-06-01 → 2027-06-30pendingOpenAI completes funding or IPO at >=$1T valuation
    How: OpenAI raises new primary capital, files S-1, or trades secondary at $1T+ post-money valuation (currently $852B post-Q4 2025 round)
    Source: https://sacra.com/c/openai/ — OpenAI $852B post-money; targeting up to $1T at 2027 listingconf 85%
  3. 2026-06-01 → 2027-06-30pendingxAI / SpaceX combined entity valued >=$1T via SpaceX IPO
    How: SpaceX IPO completes at >=$1T market cap with xAI consolidated, providing public-market $1T mark for xAI exposure
    Source: https://www.tradingkey.com/analysis/stocks/us-stocks/261764312-spacex-openai-anthropic-ipo-musk-ai-valuation-retail-investors-tradingkey — SpaceX IPO June 2026 roadshow; xAI/SpaceX merged-interest pathconf 70%
  4. 2026-06-01 → 2028-09-30pendingGoogle DeepMind / Alphabet AI segment crosses $1T attributable value
    How: Sell-side analyst consensus or Alphabet sum-of-parts disclosure attributes >=$1T enterprise value to Google DeepMind / Gemini AI segment
    Source: Alphabet investor presentations; sell-side AI SOTP analyses (Morgan Stanley, Goldman)conf 50%
    Notes: DeepMind isn't standalone — requires SOTP attribution rather than market price.
  5. 2027-06-01 → 2028-09-30pendingFifth lab (Meta SuperIntelligence Labs OR Microsoft AI division) reaches $1T attributable value
    How: Meta or Microsoft formally attributes >=$1T value to AI lab in segment reporting OR spins out AI division at $1T valuation
    Source: Meta and Microsoft 10-K segment disclosures; Wall Street SOTP coverageconf 30%
    Notes: Hardest leg of Blundin's claim — naming five labs requires Meta/MS or a wildcard (Mistral, Cohere, Inflection).

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-17T02:00:01Z45.3%-1.2pp
Network propagation: 46.5% → 45.3%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00689 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e607fa96
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z46.5%-2.2pp
Network propagation: 48.7% → 46.5%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z48.7%-4.2pp
Network propagation: 52.9% → 48.7%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z52.9%-2.9pp
Network propagation: 55.8% → 52.9%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z55.8%-4.2pp
Network propagation: 60.0% → 55.8%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

Network propagation neighbors

Top edges sorted by latest LBP cross-impact
All propagation →

Top incoming (parents)

Edges that influence THIS node's belief

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereqS_IPO_TRILLION_2028
First $1T+ IPO in 2028
25.0%0.6000.050-0.266
killerTK03
AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)
10.0%0.0500.600+0.092
killerTK02
AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
12.0%0.0500.600+0.081
prereqSEM_014
Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated Jensen Huang
86.1%0.6000.050+0.066
killerTK01
AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
15.0%0.0500.600+0.064

Top outgoing (children)

Predictions THIS node influences

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereq232_057
First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by OpDave Blundin
34.8%0.6000.050-0.052
prereq242_023
World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Dave Blundin
34.2%0.6000.050-0.046
prereq246_016
Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203Peter Diamandis
35.6%0.6500.050-0.038
prereq230_020
Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's licePeter Diamandis
34.7%0.6500.050-0.029
prereq240_036
TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electrPeter Diamandis
34.3%0.6500.050-0.025

Ticker exposure

37 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

MUWULFIRENEQIXALABAPLDASMIYASMLPLABNVDANBISCRWVAAPLAMTAMZNDELLGOOGLIRMLNVGYMETAMSFTORCLSFTBYSTX

Adverse (6)

ACNGENCHGGIBMWNSLRN

Prerequisites (11)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereqSEM_011Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_027Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_014Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025).Manufacturing
prereqSEM_012Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering.AI/Manufacturing
prereqSEM_015Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans.Policy/Semis
prereqS_IPO_TRILLION_2028First $1T+ IPO in 2028ipo_trillion_plus
killerTK09Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall)
killerTK05Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
killerTK01AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
killerTK02AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
killerTK03AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)

Dependents (5)

Predictions enabled by this
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereq230_020Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license.Auto/Transport
prereq246_016Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034.Space
prereq240_036TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040Energy
prereq232_057First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration.Robotics
prereq242_023World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Macro/Economy

Linked documents (1)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.676manifoldWill I get an AI lab offer?29%mentionspending2026-05-02

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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